Smooth muscle relaxants for intrauterine device placement: A systematic review.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To systematically review evidence on whether medications with smooth muscle relaxant properties improve patient and provider outcomes for intrauterine device (IUD) placement.

Study design

We searched multiple databases through August 2022 for randomized clinical trials assessing smooth muscle relaxants for IUD placement. Primary outcomes were pain experienced with IUD placement, provider ease of placement, need for adjunctive placement measures, placement success, patient satisfaction with procedure, medication side effects occurring before clinic discharge, and adverse events occurring before clinic discharge. We extracted data from included articles, assessed risk of bias for each trial, narratively summarized results, and determined certainty of evidence for al

SUBMITTER: Snyder EM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12326637 | biostudies-literature | 2025 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature